| 3890 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1914 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2833 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2209 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 990 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2403 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1222 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1683 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1771 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 30632 | Morohashi |
| 1908 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4957 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1755 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1892 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
glossy, luster, glaze, polish, charm, colorful, captivating
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2207 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 艶 【エン】 charming, fascinating, voluptuous
- 演歌 【エンカ】 enka, traditional-style Japanese popular ballad, troubadour
- 妖艶 【ヨウエン】 fascinating, voluptuous, bewitching, captivating
- 凄艶 【セイエン】 weirdly beautiful
Kun reading compounds
- 艶 【つや】 gloss, luster, lustre, shine, sheen, polish, mellowness (of a voice), youthfulness (e.g. of skin), interest, appeal, charm, color, colour, feeling, romance, love, sexiness
- 艶々 【つやつや】 glossy, bright, slick
- 艶々 【つやつや】 glossy, bright, slick
- 艶かしい 【なまめかしい】 charming, captivating, bewitching, seductive, coquettish
- 艶やか 【あでやか】 glamorous, charming, fascinatingly elegant, lovely, gorgeous, beguiling, bewitching
- 艶めく 【つやめく】 (for an object) to be shiny, to be glossy, (for a woman) to be alluring, to look sexy
- 艶めく 【なまめく】 to brim over with feminine charm, to look captivating (of a woman), to be sexy, to be seductive, to be enticing, to look young and fresh, to be elegant, to look refined, to have a calm and composed appearance
Readings
- Japanese names:
- もろ、 よし
- Korean:
- yeom
Spanish
- encantador
- cautivador
- lustroso
- vidriado
- pulido
Portuguese
French
- luisant
- brillant
- lustré
- charmant
- poli
- verni
- coloré
- captivant
| 3d16.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-13-6 | SKIP code |
| 5711.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-80 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8276 | Unicode hex code |
言
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
83 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 言 【ゲン】 word, remark, statement
- 言及 【ゲンキュウ】 reference, allusion
- 過言 【カゴン】 exaggeration, overstatement, saying too much, misstatement, slip of the tongue, gaffe
- 狂言 【キョウゲン】 kyogen, farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play, kabuki play, kabuki performance, make-believe, ruse, trick
- 言語 【ゲンゴ】 language
- 言下 【ゲンカ】 promptly
- 過言 【カゴン】 exaggeration, overstatement, saying too much, misstatement, slip of the tongue, gaffe
- 二言 【ニゴン】 double-dealing, double tongue, going back on what one has said, repeating oneself
Kun reading compounds
- 言う 【いう】 to say, to utter, to declare, to name, to call, to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"), to make a noise
- 言うまでもない 【いうまでもない】 goes without saying, needless to say, obvious
- 言 【げん】 word, remark, statement
- 言葉 【ことば】 language, dialect, word, phrase, expression, term, speech, (manner of) speaking, (use of) language, words, remark, statement, comment, learning to speak, language acquisition
- 禍言 【まがごと】 ominous word, ill-omened word, misfortune
- 二言 【ふたこと】 two words, repetition
Readings
- Japanese names:
- とき
- Korean:
- eon
Spanish
- palabras
- decir
Portuguese
- Dizer
- palavras
French
- dire
| 392 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 118 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 274 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 279 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4309 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 43 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 85 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 439 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.8 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 66 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 66 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 203 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1653 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2440 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1233 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1698 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 341 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 35205 | Morohashi |
| 1941 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5552 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 335 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 357 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 44 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 142 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3077 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7a0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-1-6 | SKIP code |
| 0060.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-32 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8a00 | Unicode hex code |